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AN: I will try and keep some humor in this fic for now, as this is the canon/cannon fodder part. Not sure if I will keep using humor in the more 'complex' plot lines, where the antagonist isn't a glorified 10 piece meal. Tell me if you like the humor, or feel that it should yield.
If Issei had to use one word to describe devil's politics, he would use complex. Of course, he had no such restrictions, so it was more along the lines of: unnecessarily complex, boring, retarded, and disgusting.
Unfortunately, with Grayfia here, a person who even Issei respected, he had to hold off on stating his opinion. But after a while of watching Raiser, who was being the textbook definition of an asshole, and him flaunting around his high class/Phenex status, Issei began to really question how badly he wanted an alliance with the devils, if he could take Grayfia one on one. Then Raiser attempts to make some "advances" one Rias, which Issei would not really mind if he wasn't so damn bad at it. He would put his hand on Rias's thigh, and 'subtly' moved his hand up. Issei could honestly not see how he thought this would be anyway effective on proving that he was fiance material, and not an absolute douchebag. It felt like Raiser was trying to see how he could make Rias more repulsed by him.
'Actually, that does sound pretty fun.'
Issei made a mental note to write that down later. But for now, he continued observing.
Obviously Raiser's harem skills (cough slut gathering skills cough),were not prepared for rejection, as when Rias continued to bat his hand away and yell at him, his twenty brain cells couldn't comprehend what was happening. Eventually, Raiser decided to just talk about their engagement. The they go through the classic arguing phase, until Raiser loses his absurdly short temper, and threatens Rias's entire peerage.
Grayfia threatens Raiser, and says "Sirzechs has sent me here to keep peace, and I shall do that at all costs, even if it means I have to incapacitate you."
Raiser, wasn't dumb enough to pick a fight, and responded accordingly with "Yes, of course. If the 'Strongest Queen' says so, who am I to refuse?".
Issei, not really caring for Rias, was barely even paying attention until Raiser's threat. Mostly because of the fact that Kuroka begged him to protect Koneko in her absence. Honestly, Issei didn't see how devils got anything done. Everything was just really bad negotiating and compromising until one side threaten the other side, which leads to more aggression, and just generally leaves everyone in a bad mood.
However, then Grayfia mentioned an 'unofficial' rating game between Rias and Raiser. Now, Issei didn't really give a damn about Rias's sheltered uprising, and how she couldn't accept she didn't get to chose literally EVERYTHING, and he gave even less of a damn for Raiser's absurd superiority complex, or his blatant disregard for anything past a woman's looks and sexual appeal.
One that he did care about though, was FINALLY getting things going by building up some popularity. He knew that even if it was unofficial, there would be a lot of important people watching. All he had to do was just act like he was 'saving' Rias, show off and BOOM! If he could just become a high class devil, he would finally be able to accomplish the goal he had been waiting for, for the past 4 years. So for once, he actually cared about Rias' decision.
"Fine, Raiser, I accept."
And Issei's plan was set in motion
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Issei watched the Rias's peerage begin their training, and since Kuroka asked him to monitor Koneko's training and try and nudge her towards Senjutsu, he accepted Rias's invitation to come along. Only to witness them do a "resistance" training by lugging giant backpacks full of logs and stones upa mountain. Issei could honestly see Rias's trainer skills showing. By taking these up the mountain, they aren't training their entire body, like what resistance training is SUPPOSE to do, but rather put a lot of pressure on their hips and thighs, along with causing nothing but pain from their lower back. But it was training, and Rias was inexperienced, so Issei decided not to comment. His kindness didn't extend to mentioning he had Youkai weight seals, which were much more efficentive.
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A few hours later though, watching Asia (she got recruited, sorry) receive magical training and Koneko do strength training, Issei was bored enough to step in. He decided that Asia's magic training could wait, seeing as she still refused to hurt anyone, and Koneko had a much better way to train than practicing punching and kicking.
"Hey Akeno, I can take over their training from her. You go focus on yourself for a bit alright?"
"Sure Issei. Just don't get too much alone time~!"
Issei was quite sure that last part was a jab at him, but he ignore it and called Koneko and Asia over.
"Asia. You are mainly going to be a healer, so don't focus too much on learning elemental magic. We need to build up your magical reserves, as you really can't learn enough elemental magic in ten days to be actually useful. Koneko, this is where you come in. Just put as much stress as you can on your body, and build up muscle. When your muscles tear, which should be quite frequent, have Asia heal you. This should both improve strength, and help Asia's training."
""Hai!""
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Later that night, Issei was going to go for a hike, when he saw Rias sitting alone outside. Issei immediately thought this was too similar to an anime's romance development, and decided to just go around her. Unfortunately, the world seem to insist on something happening tonight, because before he even made it off the estate, he saw Koneko sitting in a tree with her Nekoshou features out.
With a reluctant sigh, Issei called out to Koneko.
"Hey! Koneko! Why are you doing up there?"
Koneko immediately fearfully retracted her tail and ears, then whispered out
"Who's there?",
While she looked relieved when she saw Issei, she still didn't let her guard down.
"Chill. Look, I know about your Nekoshou heritage already! I was just going to tell you to embrace your heritage. Don't hide from it anymore."
"Shut up. Do you know how it feels to be hunted down, to be imprisoned for what you never did? What it feels like to have something that you couldn't possibly control ruin your life? To have your loved ones turn on you?"
"Figure it out for yourself I guess. But I will say one thing; Kuroka really isn't nearly as bad as you think. I'm guessing by now you know that she enrolled at the school. There's a reason why Sirzechs let her join in the first place."
And on that cheery note, Issei decided to finally start his hike. But boy will he be in for a surprise!
AN: Seeing that seven of you still wanted to read my writing, I was thrilled. I had most of this already done before my hiatus, and finished this all today. I'm currently working on improving my writing, and developing an interesting plot line! Thank you again for all of your support, and REVIEW!
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